STILL confused about "Upgrade" installation process.

Hello everyone. I purchased one of the $49 W7 Home Premium upgrades when they were available. However, It's still unclear to me whether or not I will be able to install this thing without a pre-existing OS installation on my hard drive. Can anyone give me a definitive yes or no? Thanks.

Hi, you can only upgrade from premium on your old machine to premium on the new .

jfar said:

Hi, you can only upgrade from premium on your old machine to premium on the new .

I know that's not true and that's also not what I'm asking.

I'm asking if I can install the Upgrade version on a brand new, fresh hard drive without having to install either XP or Vista first.

i don't think you can - that's why it's called an 'upgrade' version.

mickey megabyte said:

i don't think you can - that's why it's called an 'upgrade' version.

You could with the Windows XP 'upgrade' version, and you could with the Windows Vista 'upgrade' version with a double-install.

But I'm not interested in anyone thinks. Sorry to be a jerk, but this is what every forum tells me. I think this... I think that... "it's called an upgrade for a reason" etc... and I just want to know before it's too late to cancel my pre-order. Can I or can't I?

Thanks again.

Orbital Shark said:

If you have a Vista DVD you could perform a custom install which is in essence a clean install

(i'm still looking into this though )

So you mean I could insert my Vista DVD in the 7 install procedure a la Windows 98 to XP upgrade without actually having to install Vista first? That's what I'm hoping for.

halp said:

mickey megabyte said:

i don't think you can - that's why it's called an 'upgrade' version.

You could with the Windows XP 'upgrade' version, and you could with the Windows Vista 'upgrade' version with a double-install.

But I'm not interested in anyone thinks. Sorry to be a jerk, but this is what every forum tells me. I think this... I think that... "it's called an upgrade for a reason" etc... and I just want to know before it's too late to cancel my pre-order. Can I or can't I?

Thanks again.

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Ken

halp said:

Orbital Shark said:

If you have a Vista DVD you could perform a custom install which is in essence a clean install

(i'm still looking into this though )

So you mean I could insert my Vista DVD in the 7 install procedure a la Windows 98 to XP upgrade without actually having to install Vista first? That's what I'm hoping for.

As I understand it, the product id of an existing XP or Vista has to be picked up. And that could happen from either an existing installation on the HDD or the installation disk to be inserted during the W7 installation process. It figures that they want to make sure that you are eligable for an upgrade and have paid your dues for a prior OS.

whs said:

It figures that they want to make sure that you are eligable for an upgrade and have paid your dues for a prior OS.

Right. I have the full versions of both XP and Vista, with legitimate serial numbers. It's just insane that they expect me to go back and install Vista before installing W7 every time I get a new hard drive or run DBAN.